Chapter 1101 The smile will not disappear
There was a coffin overturned on the red carpet in the middle of the hall, and two corpses were lying next to the coffin.
The male corpse was obviously the Mr. Mank mentioned by Esposito. He was a white man in his seventies or eighties, well-dressed, with light makeup applied by an undertaker on his face, and he looked good.
The little black hat on the back of his head illustrates his religion.
The female corpse pressed under him was obviously still in a state of rigor mortis, with a bruised face. She was wearing a floral dress, the kind of beautiful dress she would wear on a date tonight.
Cassell looked around at the scene with a confused look on his face.
"Am I the only one who noticed this? It feels like Mr. Mank is smiling happily."
Beckett stepped on him silently, while Jack simply distanced himself from him. He swore that he would not stop this bastard when he was beaten by his family.
He walked up to Lanie Parrish who was examining the body and said hello to her. The black beauty forensic dress was the most comfortable among the black girls Jack knew.
Although she occasionally has little dreadlocks or something, most of the time she shows off her long, silky hair, and her face mainly wears light social makeup, never making herself look weird.
"Hi, Jack, long time no see. He's looking even more handsome now." Lanie took off her gloves, took the bear claw bread from Jack and smiled happily.
Jack knew that the female medical examiner didn't like coffee, so he brought her the extra bread she had made in the morning.
"The same goes for you. Have you found a new boyfriend? You look good."
Jack said this casually, but found that Lanny's eyes involuntarily crossed with Esposito's next to her, and then he coughed covertly and forcibly changed the subject.
"The deceased is Dr. Valerie Monroe, attending physician in the Department of Internal Medicine at the County Hospital."
Jack looked at Esposito suspiciously, who was scratching his head and trying not to look here again.
Beckett didn't notice the small interaction between a few people and was already in the investigation mode. "She is a doctor by profession? Does she have anything to do with the deceased?"
"Kevin is taking a statement for the family. We will know soon." Esposito pointed to the old woman sitting on a chair nearby and his partner squatting in front of her with a small notebook in his hand.
"Cause of death?" Beckett continued to ask.
"Liver failure makes me drink like a fish." The old woman with the popular style of the mid-century pompadour had a sharp ear.
"I don't know that girl, but no one will die for my husband. I'm very sure of this. He only likes to hook up with people older than him."
"Thank you for the clues." Beckett held back a smile and thanked this old woman who had the hope of living over a hundred years old.
"Ah, that's right, maybe we already know the cause of Mr. Mank's death." Lanny was also suppressing a smile, "But the doctor's cause of death is a mystery. There are no gunshot wounds, stab wounds or any signs of binding. ”
She temporarily handed the bear claw bread that she had taken two bites back to Jack, put on gloves and lifted up the hair of the female corpse, "There was a bruise on the back of her head from when she was alive, but it was not serious enough to be fatal.
Judging from the body spots and liver temperature, she died between 7 and 9 o'clock last night, but the specific cause of death can only be found out after I perform an autopsy. "
"So someone obviously wanted to dispose of the body in this way, and of course her mobile phone and wallet." Beckett's eyes swept over the woman's satchel next to the body.
Cassel couldn't help but exclaimed, "The guy who did this is so smart. He actually thought of hiding the body in the coffin that already contained the deceased. He specially chose a squid, because according to their tradition, after the body is buried, The coffin would not be opened again. If it were not for the accident while carrying the coffin, this doctor would have disappeared forever."
Beckett glanced at the time on his watch and ordered, "Talk to the funeral director and find out who has had access to the coffin in the past 12 hours."
So everyone started doing their own business. Esposito went to ask the funeral director to question, Kevin stayed at the scene to continue taking notes, and Beckett returned to the police station to call the hospital where the deceased worked.
Forensic doctor Laney continued to stay at the scene to collect evidence while waiting for the forensic team to arrive to take photos and carry the body back to her office.
As for Jack and Cassel, of course they went to the Chinese restaurant they had booked for brunch and brought a takeaway for Beckett.
"The girls around you are very young. Can you tell me why my daughter wants this in particular?"
Satisfied, he finished a portion of steamed river eel with black bean sauce and rice. Cassel wiped his mouth with a napkin and took out his cell phone to show Jack the photo above.
In the photo, Alexis is wearing a dress, holding a helmet, sitting on a scooter and posing with POSS. She looks cute.
Jack looked at the photo and continued to slowly eat the grilled crucian carp with green onions that was full of spines.
"Are you talking about the Manlodar-style motorcycle helmet or the Vespa scooter she's sitting on?"
The Vespa is the little scooter used by Gregory Peck to drive Audrey Hepburn through the streets of Rome in the movie "Roman Holiday."
To say that you have to be a European guy to be good at hype, the Italians turned a scooter into a synonym for literature and elegance.
The Vespa scooter originally looked like this:
After the hit "Roman Holiday" it became like this:
Okay, this is just a joke, but the average price of such a small thing at $5,000 is indeed full of brand premium. You should know that the electric tricycles sold all over North America from Margrave Town are only $3,000 each.
"Shouldn't you ask Detective Beckett this question? I remember she said she had a 1994 Harley Softail. Haven't you seen her riding on that big guy in tight black leather pants?"
Jack's words made Cassel daydream for a while, and then the beautiful scenery in his mind was quickly replaced by the image of his own good daughter, which made him shudder.
"Damn, you don't mean to say that Alexis is entering a rebellious period, do you?"
"What do you think? From her age, she should have entered a rebellious period a long time ago." Jack shrugged and deliberately frightened him, "Be careful, I heard that the more obedient the girl is, the more serious the situation will be."
So until the two of them walked into the detective's office of the 12th Precinct of the NYPD, Cassel still looked worried and anxious, and even Beckett noticed that something was wrong with him.
"What's wrong with this guy?"
Jack repeated the previous conversation between the two with a smirk, and it was still the same reason. The smile would not disappear, but would only move from one person's face to another's face.
The bad mood he had been intimidated all night last night had now completely recovered.